These programs also attract more volunteers, funding, and other resources for shelters. For these reasons, more and more municipalities and shelters are supporting TNR and developing their own programs. Long tern cost savings for shelters due to decrease in cat intake.Rodent control is maintained by the cats’ continued presence.Colony cat number decrease which in turn leads to healthier cats, less sickness, and decreases the spread of feline disease.Once male cats are fixed, the foul odor associated with them marking their territory disappears and their drive to mate decreases their need to roam making them less visible.Spaying and neutering greatly reduces nuisance behavior such as fighting, yowling, and other behaviors associated with mating.

Cats can no longer reproduce allowing the colony to have the potential to decline in size over time.It also has the added benefit of the following: TNR gives us the option to allow them to live out the rest of their lives in an environment that they have always known and prefer. Feral cats are not suitable indoor pets so once brought into the shelter they are not candidates for adoption. What is the answer to community cat control?Ĭommunity Cat Projects, which include TNR and Barn Cat programs, are life-affirming and allow people to help animals in need by controlling the community cat population. Both feral and stray community cats can live long and healthy lives outdoors but need support from dedicated caregivers for spay/neuter, food, water, and winter housing. Stray cats are socialized cats that are lost or have been abandoned. Because of their deep-seated fear of humans, these cats are not candidates for an adoption program. A feral -neighborhood cat is an under-socialized, domestic cat who has been born outside or has been outside long enough that he/she distrust humans. In Greenwood county alone, there are an estimated 11,500 homeless cats which includes both feral and stray cats in the community. They in turn repay the favor of this advantageous set-up by keeping additional cats from moving into the neighborhood as well as controlling rodent populations for their human neighbors. They typically choose their territories because of the availability of a food source and shelter. These cats typically live together in what is called a colony.

This consists of adults, kittens, feral, strays, and friendly cats. A community cat is an outdoor cat that is unowned and free-roaming.

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